Comments on: Dragons, Nuns, and the ATC http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/dragons-nuns-and-the-atc/ The Universe, the Internet, and Academic Life Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:26:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: andyxl http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/dragons-nuns-and-the-atc/#comment-5033 andyxl Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:02:37 +0000 http://andyxl.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-5033 Mike - cosmic timing .. I am listening to the recording of the session right now and just heard that very slip ... Maybe Keith Onions has lost his Sir and its been transferred to our own Keef. Mike – cosmic timing .. I am listening to the recording of the session right now and just heard that very slip … Maybe Keith Onions has lost his Sir and its been transferred to our own Keef.

]]> By: MikeW http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/dragons-nuns-and-the-atc/#comment-5032 MikeW Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:59:13 +0000 http://andyxl.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-5032 On a slightly different (but familiar) tack one of my colleagues reports hearing Ian Pearson referring to someone called "Sir Keith Mason" in the select committee discussions today Freudian slip? We would of course be pleased to applaud such early recognition of Keith's dedicated service to science On a slightly different (but familiar) tack one of my colleagues reports hearing Ian Pearson referring to someone called “Sir Keith Mason” in the select committee discussions today

Freudian slip? We would of course be pleased to applaud such early recognition of Keith’s dedicated service to science

]]> By: Peter Williams http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/dragons-nuns-and-the-atc/#comment-5031 Peter Williams Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:53:38 +0000 http://andyxl.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-5031 They've changed the name of the Siena!! Is nothing sacred? We lived on Lord Russell Place for three years and frequented the Siena often. Mmm, memories of fish supper.... They’ve changed the name of the Siena!! Is nothing sacred? We lived on Lord Russell Place for three years and frequented the Siena often. Mmm, memories of fish supper….

]]> By: Laurel Kornfeld http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/dragons-nuns-and-the-atc/#comment-5030 Laurel Kornfeld Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:30:17 +0000 http://andyxl.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-5030 Oops! I meant to say I'm not a British citizen. The disgust with our current presidential candidates here in the US must be getting to me. Oops! I meant to say I’m not a British citizen. The disgust with our current presidential candidates here in the US must be getting to me.

]]> By: Laurel Kornfeld http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/dragons-nuns-and-the-atc/#comment-5029 Laurel Kornfeld Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:28:48 +0000 http://andyxl.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-5029 "Brave and wise decisions," like beauty, apparently are in the eyes--or minds--of the beholder. "Do us a lemon?" I'm not sure what that means, but I'd be happy to buy you all a cup of tea. Of course, I'd have to come all the way across what you guys call "the pond" to do so, and you'd have to sit through my hours-long argument about why you should undo a certain IAU decision. Seriously, you have my moral support in fighting the British government's funding cuts for astronomy. Unfortunately, I can't sign your petition since I'm not an American citizen. “Brave and wise decisions,” like beauty, apparently are in the eyes–or minds–of the beholder.

“Do us a lemon?” I’m not sure what that means, but I’d be happy to buy you all a cup of tea. Of course, I’d have to come all the way across what you guys call “the pond” to do so, and you’d have to sit through my hours-long argument about why you should undo a certain IAU decision.

Seriously, you have my moral support in fighting the British government’s funding cuts for astronomy. Unfortunately, I can’t sign your petition since I’m not an American citizen.

]]> By: andyxl http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/dragons-nuns-and-the-atc/#comment-5028 andyxl Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:05:59 +0000 http://andyxl.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-5028 Rob - just a wee pause before the next Select Committee session ... Laurel - do us a lemon. That would buy us all a cup of tea. Anyway, why would I disband something that takes such brave and wise decisions ? Rob – just a wee pause before the next Select Committee session …

Laurel – do us a lemon. That would buy us all a cup of tea. Anyway, why would I disband something that takes such brave and wise decisions ?

]]> By: Laurel Kornfeld http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/dragons-nuns-and-the-atc/#comment-5027 Laurel Kornfeld Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:00:30 +0000 http://andyxl.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-5027 How about disbanding the IAU and donating their funds to British astronomy? How about disbanding the IAU and donating their funds to British astronomy?

]]> By: Rob Ivison http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/dragons-nuns-and-the-atc/#comment-5025 Rob Ivison Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:50:18 +0000 http://andyxl.wordpress.com/?p=172#comment-5025 Andy, you tease! What ain't happening? My favourite bit of ROE history is encapsulated in the photo, near the library, of the astronomers' allotments which used to lie on the site of the new Crawford Building... the ancestors of the tomato and pepper plants I nurture in there today. Andy, you tease! What ain’t happening?

My favourite bit of ROE history is encapsulated in the photo, near the library, of the astronomers’ allotments which used to lie on the site of the new Crawford Building… the ancestors of the tomato and pepper plants I nurture in there today.

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